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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

All eyes are now focused on the predominantly-Iban Batang Ai by-election, which is expected to be called soon following the demise of representative and state assistant minister Dublin Unting Ingkot.

Unting, a Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) vice-president, did not recover from a coma after collapsing from a stroke last May. He died at 1.26am today at a private medical centre in Kuching.

A by-election must be held for a seat if the vacancy - either through death or resignation - occurs more than 24 months to the date of the next state election.

Sarawak last held its state election in 2006, and the next one is only due in May 2011. Unlike other states, Sarawak does not hold its election in tandem with the general election.

In the last state election, Unting was re-elected to Batang Ai after a stiff challenge from Nicholas Bawin Anggat, who contested the state constituency on behalf of opposition Sarawak National Party (Snap).

Unting, who polled 3,295 votes, defeated Bawin (2,489 votes) by 806 votes. The voter turnout was 73.2 percent. Ibans make up 95 percent of the electorate.

Batang Ai is one of the two state seats within the Lubok Antu parliamentary constituency - the other is Engkilili, which was won by Johnicol Rayong, who stood on a Snap ticket.

Rayong has since become an Independent and pledged his support for the ruling BN.

The likely candidates

Batang Ai will be an acid test for both Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat in the wake of March 2008 general election. It has been reported that the opposition is getting a groundswell of support from the majority Ibans in recent months.

Bawin, who has recently joined PKR, has been tapped as deputy chief to assist Anwar Ibrahim, the party boss who is Sarawak state chief.

PKR state assemblyperson Gabriel Adit, who won the Ngemah state seat in 2006 as an Independent, told Malaysiakini: “PKR is strong and there is growing grassroots support for the party.”

“We are looking for a winnable candidate,” he said, adding that Bawin is among the frontrunners.

Bawin is former president of the Sarawak Dayak National Union (SDNU) as well as former vice-chairperson of the Majlis Adat Istiadat, a state government agency.

Another name mentioned as a likely candidate is popular local Iban politician Jawah Gerang, the former Lubok Antu MP who first won the parliamentary seat on a PBDS ticket.

He later became partyless after PBDS was de-registered and subsequently switched to a rebel PRS faction led by state assistant minister Larry Sng, who is also the state assemblyperson for Pelagus.

Key issues in the by-election

Sources said the BN is likely to pick either former immigration officer Naga Alam or senior civil servant Nelson Mujah Giri, currently the district officer of Lubok Antu.

Mujah is a brother of senior federal minister Douglas Uggah, who is also PBB senior vice-president, and has close ties to the ruling party.

He may be asked to join PRS, which is a member of the BN coalition and the party with the rightful claim to the seat.

Political observers say the opposition has been active on the ground since the last state elections, and particularly after Unting fell into a coma nine months ago.

Among the key issues in Batang Ai is the increasing unhappiness among the Ibans over the lack of recognition of their native customary rights (NCR) to land.

Another is the Batang Ai Dam, which is located in the state constituency. Many of the relocated Ibans have claimed they were given a raw deal when their land was earmarked for the project.

Sarawak assembly speaker Mohd Asfia Awang Nasar is expected to notify the Election Commission of the vacancy in the Batang Ai seat soon.

According to Bernama, EC chief Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said today that a by-election in Batang Ai is “compulsory” because the term of the present assembly has not completed even three years.

Prediction by Sarawak Headhunter: If Nicholas Bawin is the PKR candidate, he will win by a 1,200 vote majority with between 75-80% voter turnout. PKR must ensure that they control logistics on the ground and on the rivers. Make sure that they have enough transport both by land and river to campaign and ferry voters - if possible deny the BN the use of all local transport, book them all NOW and ensure enough local stocks of fuel at strategic locations. Book all fuel pumping stations if necessary. If PKR has 1 or 2 helicopters it will help greatly to ensure a bigger win.

PKR please take note, the people of Sarawak (and that includes the rakyat of the Batang Ai constituency) DO NOT want to hear what Taib has done to them, they already know this. What they want to hear is what PKR can do for them.

So, get your act together guys and show the people what PKR can do for them. Sarawak Headhunter would also be very interested to know. DO IT (not duit) for the people and the nightmare of Taib's 28 year rampage will soon be a distant memory.

I have few advices for you. I’m a PKR member from the peninsular who knows nothing from Sarawak. But at least we can share some important issues concerning the by-election.

1. Set up a blogging group that will cover the by-election just like we did for Permatang Pauh and Kuala Terengganu. This will make the rest of the nation follow your blogs and will also deny the enemy to manipulate the situation. Furthermore, by having an effective blogging team solely for the by-election, you will influence many people who in turn will influence others. It is called opinion shaping.

2. The team must have cameras to take photos and must upload them daily. Concentrate on the following:

a) Poverty in Sarawak and in Lubok and Batang Ai.

b) Poor housing

c) Poor roads

d) Poor drainage

e) Poor development

f) Unemployment

g) Insecurity

h) Inequality

j) Wealth difference between the poor and the rich. Use photos to explain this like PR bloggers did for KT.

k) Transportation. Take lively photos of BN leaders’s cars, helicopters and etc and juxtapose the poor transportation system of Batang Ai and the bicycles of the poor voters.

l) Have a data on all the above issues so that when BN leaders tell the voters of this and that, you repudiate it immediately and also share with peninsular Malaysians who are following the by-election just like in P.Pauh and KT.

m) Broken promises

n) Subjugation, divide and rule and disunity

o) Land grabbing and cronyism

p) Dams and displacement

q) Failed agriculture

r) Failed leadership

s) Sarawak’s backwardness and selective development

t) Failure of the health system and the un-affordability of treatment by the poor in Sarawak

Important Note:

All the above issues must be covered and carried out daily with photos and relevant pics for wider viewings and also awakening. Then distribute them to the uneducated voters and upload them in your blogs on daily basis for others to read, comment and know as well.

If you aren’t ready to fight like we did in P.Pauh and KT, then you will lose. Spend sleepless nights to deliver and save your Sarawak and move on to a new era where you decide your destiny. Don’t wait for outside help but act NOW and do something drastic. Peninsular bloggers can’t come to Batang Ai due to distance and the need for the two Bukits in Perak and Kedah, plus we are preparing for a showdown in Perak where we want to oust the illegal Umno MB and bring back our legitimate MB Mohd Nizar, though hopefully he will come to campaign in Batang Ai. By April, Pakatan will rule Perak again. Make no mistake about it.

The following bloggers can make a good team, plus the people/bloggers you may choose to work with for collecting information, editing it and taking photos.

I hope you do something about this. Thanks. We were mistreated and manipulated like you Sarawakians but we woke up and that’s why we are doing our best to liberate ourselves from Umno and its evil institutions. It didn’t come easily. So, pliz work hard like us and you will relish the victory. We have terrified the enemy so much so that Umno can’t face PKR and PAS for Malay vote yet yesterday they were bragging that they are the sole representatives of the Malay people. We rejected Umno and its cronies, it is your time Sarawakians and deliver. Nothing comes easy and dignity has its price. Thanks and may God bless you all.

Ibans and natives and Christians who are mainly found in Sabah and Sarawak can't be allowed to use the word "Allah". This should be our main focus as well apart from many other issues. Our rights are violated and we want to stand by BN, the one that violates and takes our rights in the name of "development." Development is our constitutional right and we owe it to no one and we will thank no one for bringing it bcoz neither Taib Mahmud nor Jabu uses his personal wealth to bring development. It is our money. This is how Peninsular voters think. For us, we think like Stone Age people. Let's wake up before it is too late.

First of all I would like to congratulate you forleading the Pakatan Rakyat in Selangor,Kedah,Kelantan,Pulau Pinang and previously Perak.Under your leadership,we have seen a dramatic Unity within the Opposition Parties namely PAS,PKR and DAP after the March 8 Political Tsunami.

For me this is your 2nd biggest achievement after the Tsunami.YES,we the Rakyat know that PAS,PKR and DAP has different Political Ideology but I believe that they have a common goal which is “To Sunk the BN Titanic Ship”.For me there is nothing wrong with that as we in Malaysia has different races and religion.

We had also heard of the so called Merakyatkan Ekonomi in the state of Selangor and Kerajaan Kebajikan in Kelantan.Yes,we were very jeolous with the reforms in those state and we have been longing for it for such a long time as you know that we have been in Malaysia for 46 years but not much difference we can see,have or feel in Sarawak.

Yes,there is development in Sarawak but we don’t think it is worth it for us taking into consideration of the 46 years.We should see,have and feel far much more better than now.The reason is very simple,a bad Governance.We the Dayaks has been long neglected,oppressed and marginalized compare to the other races.This all has been done systematically under the so called Politics of Development.All this issue has been lasted and affected us for so long and we believe now is the best time for us to hope or even have a CHANGED,or else we will remain in this situation forever.

Wawasan 2020?its only 11 years to go Sir but what do we have now?where are we now?Its very sad and pathetics to see what has happens to us.What about our future?What about our next generation?our children?our grandchildren?are they going to be “Pengemis di negeri sendiri?”You must think about it Sir if you really sincere to bring a CHANGED or HARAPAN BARU UNTUK DAYAK for we has been promised promises by promises but take a look at us now?

We the Dayaks especially in the rural areas were very scared of the Government.We hasbeen intimidated and threaten if we dare to speak against the Government.All we want to do is just to voiced out our dissatisfaction and hope that the Government will take some necessary action to solve our problems for the betterment of the Rakyat and not all out going against the Government.

If we vote against the Government,we will punished by all those projects which were supposed to be given to us will be cancelled and certain areas that known as an opposition supporters will be blacklisted and don’t even dream to has any projects being given.Undi Adalah Rahsia?we don’t think so.the ballot were known to which particular polling station and by that way they know who votes against them and they will be punished.As we know Sir,basic amenities like Roads,Electricity and Water Supply is the very basic fundamental needs that any Government has to give to the Rakyat.We were even denied of it and what else can we ask for?

We are not stupid and so the Government.We vote them because we ant them to work for us and we believe they will.But if they don’t,we will voted them out for which we are the one who vote them in and we can vote them out.We has been punished for this.We being punished for wanted to have a CHANGED.as if they are the Government For Ever And Ever.

To most of our Dayaks,Government mean BN.Opposotion mean PAS,PKR,DAP,SNAP and STAR.Yes,we have our YBs to voice out our dissatisfaction or problems but it seems like most of them were to busy to entertain us and this has made us think that the YBs were elected by us to serve us,and the Government were elected by us to take care of us and the they are the servant of the Rakyat and of course the Rakyat is the Master but it is ironically now.

We are slaves to the Government,we has to obey them eventhough our Land is being robbed from us and given to the Towkeys and Tycoon which were their Cronies.There is a lots of outstanding or pending case in the Court which until now seems to be like no ending and the same thing still happens to us.

Some of our longhouse has been demolished by the government by giving an excuses that we has occupy the State Land and our longhouse is built on State Land.For your information Sir,we have been lived there for ages,from generation to generation,from our forefathers and ancestors.Land is our Heart and Soul Sir.This is the only properties that we have and have been descended from our ancestors.

If it were being taken from us,than we no longer can be called Bumiputra or even worse,we going to be just like the Red Indians in America,Maori in New Zealand and the Aborigines in Australia.We the Dayaks has a “Wish List” dedicated to the Pakatan Rakyat under your stewardship.

To have a good government which is1.free of corruption2.free of cronyism3.free of abused of power4.to recognized our NCR land and not robbed it from us5.to give the basic needs such as electricity,roads and water supply to all rural areas6.to upgrade the basic infrastructure and utilities in the rural areas school7.to upgrade our living standard8.to served the rakyat well and not being too busy to enriched themselves and their cronies by oppressing the Rakyat9.to make us on par with other states or even better in living standards and economically(please bear in mind that Sarawak and Sabah is not one of the states in Malaysia.we are an equal partner with the Federation of Malaya.we had join Federation of Malaya to form the Federation of Malaysia in 1963)10.to recognized the Dayaks equal participation in the government sectors and also business(we,the Dayaks are equal with the Malays in status as stated in the 20 Point Agreement prior to formation of Malaysia in 1963.but virtually now,no.mybe we can called ourself the 2nd class of bumiputra)

I would like to ask you to explain more about the People Power,NCR Land by Sarawak Land Code Perspectives(Its loopholes),and basic Human Right in your upcoming speech because I believe we,the Dayaks listen to you and believe in you for we also believe that you listen to us.For your information Sir,our Present Leaders were neither Listen or Care about us.

If all the Dayak bloggers united, I think they also can't make any changes especially that involved the Dayak mentality. Dayak are very hard to make any changes and they are also very hard to accept any changes. I'm not deny the roles that played by the Dayak bloggers, they are very concern about the problems and issues that face by the Dayak community. I respect the Dayak bloggers, one thing here is we should know that Dayak community are "blind" in ICT, so, how they can read the blog?

I'm a Kelana Jaya (Selangor) voter. This is my advice to all of you Dayaks and Batang Ai voters or those who will go there to campaign, when PKR picked Loh Gwo Burne as the candidate, there was uproar. People protested and asked many questions. He was not known apart from being the man who recorded the Lingam tapes and worse, he was facing a popular candidate who was 3 term assemblyman but was promoted to the Federal Parliament. Fearing that he may lose, PKR and PR supporters asked many questions and I must admit he was not the best candidate. Furthermore, he couldn't speak in Bahasa Malaysia, a most for a Parliamentarian. The people asked how could we elect someone who even couldn't express himself in the language of the nation and parliament. Later, many people including Haris Ibrahim, Zorro and others tried to argue that we needed a new candidate. Many other voters and bloggers argued of the same. After this, some of us started lashing out the critics and we said: "Our main goal is to defeat BN. Even if PKR has put in there a dog, we prefer a dog to BN." Then we rallied to him and also helped him win convincingly despite being a non-voter. Can you imagine? He himself was not a resgistered voter yet due to our hatred for BN, we simply voted in any man/woman who stood against BN. Are we regretting today? Absolutely not. He is doing a good job an Selangor is making records, all for good reasons. If Batang Ai voters, different PKR factions and interested candidates don't reason like Peninsular voters, if the Dayaks don't stop this cancerous divide tactics where they divide themselves, if the Dayaks don't stop betraying one another whenever they don't agree on candidates, if the Dayaks continue arguing about this and that when the whistle has been blown, if the Dayaks don't stop this stupid mentality of talking too much about candidate and tribal affiliations, then you will be selling your future to Taib Mahmud. Soon he will die and his son will rule you for 40 years to come and by then you would have lost any hope for survival. You will be enslaved for good. And you will blame no one bcoz you want it.

This is my advice, when the candidate is picked, however unpopular he/she is, rally behind him. Your enemy no.1 should be BN and Taib. Forget the candidate, it should be about BN. The candidate can corrected and once he wins, he will know the importance of goodwill, unity and will appreciate those who supported him despite their differences, but BN can't be corrected and nothing can be done to stop their corruption and subjugation. The choice is yours and you better do something drastic about this. Batang Ai should unite all of you. If Bawin or any other is picked, everyone should support him and do his utmost to help him win. But if you start arguing, asking and making noise, then you are telling Taib and Jabu: "We are stupid people who cherish to be enslaved by you and your future children for eternity."

Personal Note to Nicholas Bawin (If you are reading this), our brothers in Florida called and send their regards to you and this what they say " Batang Ai is for you to grab my man! Go for it & ride on bro....."

Today i spent 3 hrs conducting an unofficial personal survey/interview at my office and to my astonishment, 22 out of 22 respondents (colleagues) voiced their support for any candidate that is to stand against BN candidate in Batang Ai. And the most popular remark is taib and all his cronies must be toppled at all cost, dictatorship in Sarawak must end.....

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BN Buys Votes With The People's Own Money

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Not Development But Theft!

Testimony of Penan Communities in Sarawak against Taib Mahmud's evil plan to dominate the state and exploit its resources for his own, his family's and their cronies' benefit: the "Politics of Development", which is actually the "Politics of Theft"

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Does Anybody Care?

Does Taib Mahmud & His Timber Towkay Cronies Care For The Penan?

Taib & His Timber Towkay Friends & Family Only Care For Money & Power

Sarawakians Want Economic & Business Reform!

No More Crony Capitalism! End Monopoly & Unethical Business Practices. Greater & Fairer Distribution of Business Opportunities. More Equitable Distribution of Wealth & State Resources. Bring Our Timber Wealth Back from Overseas. Undertake & Enforce Truly Sustainable Logging Practices. Create More Employment Opportunities in the State at Better Wages. Elimination of Poverty Irrespective of Race. No More Polluting or Dirty Industries. Businesses Must Be Environmentally Conscious.

Sarawakians Want Political Reform!

Justice & Equity, Freedom From Tyranny & Corruption! No More Divide & Rule! Better And Transparent Government. Limit the CM's Post to 2 Terms. Let Voters, Not Parties, Decide Whom They Want As CM. Check All Abuses of Govt Machinery. No More Vote Buying. End Political Party Control of the Mass Media. End Political Intimidation of the People.

Sarawakians Want Land Reform!

Development With Responsibility and Conservation for Future Generations. Amend the Land Law and Policy on NCR Land. Survey All NCR Lands and Issue Communal Titles. Let the NCR Landowners have More Say in the Development of NCR Lands. Curb Abuses by LCDA and other Government Bodies Acting in the Interests of Plantation Developers and not the NCR Landowners. Revise NCR Land Development Schemes for Greater Benefit to the NCR Landowners in Practice. No More Theft of Land for Private Interests Under the Guise of Public Purposes.

Sarawakians Want 80% Of Sarawak's Own Petroleum Revenues! And A 40% Share Of Petronas too!

When Taib Mahmud Is Gone!

Sarawakians Want an East-West Highway like this!

Make it a Freeway!

Shin Yang Bulldozer Overlooking Destruction of Yet Another NCR Land Area

They Bulldozed This Padi Farm Which The Natives Had Worked On For Generations

The Natives of Sarawak Don't Own The Land On Which They have Toiled With Their Blood, Sweat and Tears, But Taib's Rich Chinese Towkay Friends Can Come and Take It Anytime They Want

Taib's Crony Towkays Pay The Police To Evict NCR Landowners

No Land For the Poor in Taib's Sarawak, Only for His Rich Friends & Family

Paramilitary Police Attacking Iban NCR Landowners

On Behalf of Taib's Crony Towkays

Taib Mahmud Bears Full Responsibility for this Murder

So that His Towkay Friends Could Get Their Bloody Hands On Native (NCR) Lands.

Police Attack The Penans With Tear Gas On Behalf Of Their Timber Tycoon Masters

Dismantlement of a Penan logging road blockade near Long Ajeng (Ulu Baram) by riot police using tear gas on 29 September 1993. Due to the excessive use of force during the dismantlement, the Penan reported that 203 persons were injured. Three people died as a result of the police attack.

Monster of Housing

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Unspeakable Spikar of Taib's State Assembly

Iban Traitor

About Me

I am a member of the human race of Tanjung Melanau ancestry, descendant of Saweng and Adam. No, I do not advocate violence, merely reform. The gory title is only symbolic, as are the images below, but the mission is real, to bring about the downfall of BN and a change in the government of Sarawak for the betterment of all Sarawakians.
Email: altugauw@gmail.com

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Taib Mahmud's Email

To those who wish to say some last words to Taib Mahmud, please send your emails to: mahalanun@gmail.com. If you are lucky and he is in a good mood he may reply. Emails and replies may be considered for publication on Sarawak Headhunter's blog. Taib Mahmud's blog, Mahalanun, is in the process of being set up, but it may not be completed before he dies or is removed from office.

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Sambutan Hari Raya Aidil Korupsi

UMNO Desperadoes Campaign In Army Camp

Don't they realize that all this can and will be used in court for an election petition if PAS loses?

No To Isa In Bagan Pinang

Bye bye, Pak Blah!

Just a Pity You were Sleeping on the Job and Didn't Get Around to doing What You had Promised to do.

Najib - Prime Monster

Can We Believe Anything This Guy Has To Say Either? He Is Going To Be Worse Than Pak Blah. STOP THIS MAN BEFORE THIS WHOLE COUNTRY IS RUINED!

What Kind Of Attorney-General Is This?

Rogue From Sabah - He doesn't even know that the JAC Bill requires amendments to the Federal Constitution & Consent of Sarawak & Sabah. In his hurry to support a corrupt regime, he has all the finesse of a bull in a china shop.

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The Roots of Violence:wealth without work,pleasure without conscience,knowledge without character,commerce without morality,science without humanity,worship without sacrifice,politics without principles.

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